Transitioning to Git Flow — a primer.

transitioning-to-git-flow.md

Transitioning to git-flow.

Set up GitHub

1. create a develop branch
2. in settings => branches choose develop as the default branch and click update
3. also in settings => branches choose to protect the master branch.

Udate your clone of your fork

In your terminal, in the project folder:

1. git fetch upstream to from your master branch to sync your fork with the upstream.
2. git checkout -b develop to create your local develop branch
3. git pull upstream develop to pull down the changes
4. git push -u origin develop to connect your local branch to your fork

Then run git flow init and accept the defaults:

> git flow init

Which branch should be used for bringing forth production releases?
   - master
   - develop
Branch name for production releases: [master] 
Branch name for "next release" development: [develop] 

How to name your supporting branch prefixes?
Feature branches? [feature/] 
Release branches? [release/] 
Hotfix branches? [hotfix/] 
Support branches? [support/] 
Version tag prefix? []